Joe Seck

 Steve McCurry Joe Seck Art 250 2/1/22     Steve McCurry is an American photographer born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and is one of iconic figures in contemporary photography, which is basically creating photos with a digital or analog camera. McCurry then took only a bag of clothes, film, and his camera and began to travel.      During his travels, he came across a small village in Pakistan, which held a group of  Afghanistan refugees that help McCurry cross the border into their country. The images that he took during his time showed the brutality that was the Russian invasion into Afghanistan. As well as showing the brutality of the invasion his work showed off dying cultures and traditions that have been almost forgotten. All of his work also kept that grounded human factor that I will talk about when going over some of his work.  Steve McCurry – Afghan Girl, Pakistan, 1984     In the image shown above "Afghan girl" is one of McCurr...

               What does photography mean to me? 1/24/22 Joe Seck           Photography's meaning to me has changed over time because when I was young I would always see my father who would always be taking pictures of everything. He would always be carrying his Canon camera to sporting events my brother and I had and just anything that would catch his eye at any particular moment. To be honest it got on my nerves because he wanted everything he took to be as perfect as he could make it. So if there was any kind of event going on he would take out his camera and take time while I would stand there with my family members just getting my eyes abused by my father's flash on his camera.      While those things used to annoy me looking back now and seeing all of those events and moments in my life that have been captured in time by my father's Canon camera. The realization of what photography means came...